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BUCKLE.

APPILICATION FILED DEC. 6. 192].

1,415,017. Patented May 9, 1922.

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irrirn', oonnncrr IB'UCKI'E ,1! A an I L r rflilgifd l io Epccmcaue-n o firpplication filed ifiilfififilbcl 01. 07mm it may concern: has a hotton lZIlOT-JIl that we JOHN hmrti ire thorew" i an l 'lnoor, citizens of the llnite l States residing at New Brita n in the coin 'o'f Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvem LS in Bu kles, oi which the tollows a specification.

This i1 ention relates to buckles. ji buckle embodying the invention can he successiully used in many different connections t may for example be employed with ad- Yante 'lor maintaining :1 st "zip or web in closed position, when associated for instance with a belt, as in holding school books or in harness a d even human or. lbviously therefore .e invention is not to t nloyment of the buckle in any particul 2 invention are the ich can be inexich posses the ,ich securely main- 1'3 inong the ob p-ovis on of a i ensively manui ctur hut which can readily and proinp;

article no sesse" other v n in the tol -l he descrilicd lowing description who in detail, one of the 'eral torms o hodiment oi? the inyentiom which has the claims o out the se eral figures.

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fhe bucl desirably involves in its structure a ho i member, a locker, and a terminal member such as those denoted in a general ma respectively by 2, 3, and 4 and whi -h are usually made from sheet metal or similar material.

cr ears 3' to coi-istitute roper means locker 3 as will he her should be im a 'dly bent wzuxl J as at angle Said locke end ha the outwaiw'lly e:-;tend1 pert'o on teriorly oi the lugs or cars 7. z has in. it the practically rectangular slot hich as shown intersects the body or ini v portion of the locker and the portions 11 and thereof.

At about the junction of the portions 11 and 12, the locker 3 is provided with transverse rigid pivot 15 crossing the slot 14 and around which is fitted the eye 16 at the front end of the terminal member 4-. We should that the end portions of the pivot 15 are generally rigid with the locker 3 and that the inner or front end of the terminal member 4 is curved about this pivot which generally consists oi" a pin. Said terminal member is in the form oil? a clip and the eye to which reference has been made, is integral with the outer member of the clip and its length is practically equal to the width of said slot 14-.

In practice one end of a web or belt is firmly connected with the clip portion of the terminal :1 ember l which it will be remembered is tl Xibly connectedfwith the locizer 3. This l cker 3 has at its forward end portion the inwardly extending; flange 9 terminating in a rearwardly projecting V r essing we rree no; 1.11 L,, llSb the tom 2.

member l, lOi: baclrWardly-bent poi-ti @ainst the free one v elt and thus aiC. 1 L I lClljiOll to this,

ooinz. vi Lat a clann 1S l. A, buoliie or the class described comprising a body member having garzillel [long opposite sides, a locker pivotal inounte tween the side llane'cs and e npris body yortion having a ing Hang at its forward end terminating in its lower end in earwardly err nding also havi 195 downlip, said body 1301" warnly and rearwart entonding portions angles to each other, said locker having riding through body portion and also through said downwardly and rearwardiy extend ng porti and a terminal member, for connection with a web, pivot all mounted in. said slot.

2. A buckle oi the class described coni'irising a body 1118 aber having parallel flan along its opposite sides, locker pivotaliy mounted between said side flanges and cone prising a fiat body portion having f ending flange} at its forward end ternin ring at its lower end in a rearwardly extending lip, sa'd body portion also having downwardly and rearwardly extending portions at angles to each other, the locker having a slot extending throng 1 its body portion and also through said downwardly and rearwardly extending portions, a pivot extendaoross the slot, and terminal member having a portion curled about said pivot, "for ble connection with the locker.

but: do or" the class described comprising a body member havino" parallel flanges on its opposite sides, a locker pivotally mounted between the flanges and comprisirg a fiat body portion and a depending flage at its forward end and in turn pro 'vidod with a rearwardly extending lip to function as a cam, said body portion having downwardly and rearwardly extending portions at angles to each other, said locker having a slot extending through its body portion and also through said downwardly and rearwardly extendii'ig portions, and a tel-mi l member, having means for connection with a web pivotally mounted in the slot, said rearwardly extending portion and saifi lip acting to engage the web, endwise pull on the web functioning to rock the locker, and the rearwardly extending portion arting to prevent the lip from being disengaged from the free portion of the web.

in testimony whereof we afiix our signatures. 

